Bruce A. Tate is an American

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on the topic of the

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. He is also the CTO of icanmakeitbetter.com and the editor of

books for the Pragmatic Bookshelf.

Works

* ''Adopting Elixir'' * ''Better, Faster, Lighter Java'' * ''Beyond Java: A Glimpse at the Future of Programming Languages'' * ''Bitter EJB'', co-authored a critical analysis of Java EJBs * ''Bitter Java'', a critical analysis of Java * ''Deploying Rails Applications'' * ''From Java to

: Things Every Manager Should Know'' * ''Programming Phoenix'' * ''

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: Up and Running'' * ''Seven Languages in Seven Weeks'' * ''Seven More Languages in Seven Weeks''

References

External links

Review of Tate's book Beyond Java

Weblog

''Amazon book review and listings''

interview in the free

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